Credit: The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — After Stephen Strasburg failed to get out of the fifth inning in his second start this season, he had a little chat with Nationals teammate Ian Desmond about changing his approach on the mound.

"It was just: I don't need to go out there and trick guys, and I don't need to go out there and be perfect," Strasburg recalled. "I just got to attack the strike zone, let my stuff work."